vill 
Jaguar, the, 491. 
Janthina ianthina, 85. 
Jardine, Sir Wm., his description of| Lebias, 214. 
the common robin, 337, 338—of the | Lecanium, 186. 
cuckoo, 366, 367. 
Jays, the, 350. 
Jelly-fish, 27. 
Jer falcon, the, 301. 
Jerboas, the, 466. 
Jigger, the, 148. 
John Dory, the, 227. 
Johnston, reasons of, for classing 
sponges with plants, 16; observa- 
tions of, on the actinia, 34, 35; on 
the habits of some of the polypes, 
53; on the lernwe, 105. 
Jones, Prof. R., his doubts as to the 
correctness of Ehrenberg’s view of 
the polygastrica, 20; confirmed by 
Dujardin, ib. 
Jugulares, 201. 
Kangaroos, the, 412, 413; 
roo rat, 462. 
Karabos, the, of Aristotle, 116. 
Kerodon, 458. 
Kestril, the, 302. 
Ketupa, 313. 
King of the herrings, the, 227. 
King birds, the, 345. 
Kingfish, the, 224. 
Kingfishers, the, 323, 324. 
Kin-yu, the, or gold fish, 215. 
Kinixys, 287. 
Kinki, the, of China, 372. 
Kinosternon pennsylvanicum, 288. 
Kirtland, Dr. J. P., his method of dis- 
tinguishing the sexes in the unio- 
nine by the shell, 79. 
Kites, the, 306. 
Kittiwake, the, 389. 
Kivis, the, 377. 
Kroyer, remarks of, on the lernee, 
105. 
the kanga- 
Labrax lineatus, lupus, &c., 221. 
Labride, 217. 
Labyrinthibranchie, 224. 
Labyrinthodonta, 285, 286. 
Lacerta, 14, 277; lacertide, 275. 
Lachesis perversa, 130. 
Lactophrys, 231. 
Lady-bugs, 162. 
luemodipoda, 12, 113. 
Lagidium, 458. 
Lagomys princeps, alpinus, &e., 
456. 
Lagopus albus and mutus, 376. 
Lagorchestis, 413. 
Lagostomide, 458; lagostomus, ib. 
Lagothrix, 495. 
Lagriide, 159. 
Lake trout, the, 212. 
Lama, the, 447. 
Lamellibranchia, 56. 
Lamellicornia, 156. 
Lammergeyer, the, 297. 
Lamna, 242, 243; lamnini, 242. 
Lamper-eel, 13. 
pac or peeper-eel, 206. 
Lampyride, 158. 
Lampyris, 140. 
Languria, 162. 
Janiarius barbarus 
349, 
Laniide, 348; laniine, 349; 
exubitor, &c., ib. 
Lapemis, 268. 
Papa long-spur, the, 358. 
Lapwings, the, 378. 
Laride, 389; larus atricilla, rissa, &c., 
ib. 
Larks, the, 358 ; 
Larride, 172. 
[.arva, a name applied to the young 
of all insects, 133; various forms 
and characters of, 133, 134; terms 
employed to denote the different 
segments of heteromorphic larve, 
134; duration of the larva state, 
ib. 
asiocampa quercus and rubi, 181. 
vatreille, his division of the decapoda, 
115—of the isopoda, 112—of in- 
see 143—of the lepidoptera, 178. 
179. 
946 
and olivaceus, 
lanius 
the American, 354. 
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INDEX TO ZOOLOGY. 
Latrodectus malmignatus, 129. 
Leather-head, the, 331. 
Leech, the, 11, 96, 97; use of, in me- 
dicine, 97; particulars as to the 
numbers of leeches annuaily used, 
method of preserving, &c., 98. 
Leeuwenhoek, the first observer 
the infusoria, 18. 
Lefevre, Dr., account of the Greek 
divers by, 65, 66. 
Leidy, Dr. Joseph, his observations on: 
vibrio anguillula, 23. 
Paonia obliquus and xanthurus, 
of 
Lemmatophila, 179. 
Lemmings. the, 462. 
Lemmus, 462. 
Lemur macaco, pusillus, &c., 15, 492, 
493; lemuride, ib. 
Leopard, the, 491. 
Lepadogaster, 229. 
Lepas, 101. 
Lepidoptera, 13, 143, 177. 
Lepidosiren, 249; L. paradoxa, 239. 
Lepidostei, 234, 935. 
Lepidosteus, 217. 
Lepidotini, 236. 
Lepisma, 13, 146; lepismida, 145. 
Leporidee, 455. 
Lepralia, 54. 
Leptida, 194; leptis, ib. 
Leptophis zestivus, 270. 
Leptopide, 188. 
Leptopodia calcarata, 118. 
Leptotherium, 452. 
Leptoxis, 83. 
Leptura, 162 
Leptus, 125. 
Lepus, 15; L. timidus, cuniculus, &c., 
456, 457. 
pepe marinus, the, of the ancients, 
; lepturide, ib. 
Lerneide, 104; Jerneea, 105; difficul- 
ty of determining the affinities of, 
ib.; particulars relating to the mode 
of reproduction of, 105, 106; en- 
graving of two species of lernzo- 
cera, 106. 
Lethrus cephalotes, 157. 
Leuciferine, 116. 
Leucesiade, 117; 
Leucospis, 172. 
Leuz, Dr., advice of, as to the treat- 
on of the bites of serpents, 264, 
265. 
Libellula, 
67. 
leucosiine, ib. 
13, 168; libellulidw, 166, 
Libinia comaliculata, 118. 
Lice, the, 131, 143, 146, 147 
Lichanotus, 493. 
Ligula, 10, 45. 
Limacide, 91, ; limax, ib. 
Limnadia, 109. 
Limnaétus, 305. 
Limnea, 10, 90. 
Limniades, 54. 
Limnophilus, 169. 
Limosa fedoa, hudsonica, &c., 381; 
limosine, ib. 
Limulus, 103, 111. 
Ling, the, 219. 
Linguatulide, 49. 
Lingula, 55. 
Linneus, brief outline of the system 
of classification of, 3; the insecta 
of, 95; orders and genera of fishes 
according to, 201; his classification 
of mammalia, 398. 
Lion, the, 491. 
Liparis, 229, 230; 
dispar, 181. 
Listriodon, 437. 
Lithobiida, 132. 
Lithodomus, 66. 
Lithosia, 141. 
Lithotrya, 102. 
Littorina, 83. 
Lizards, the, 271, 274 et seq. 
Lizia octopunctata, engraving of the. 
Se 
Lobster, the, 103, 116. 
Lochmias squamatula, 331. 
Locust, the, 165; the seventeen year, 
L.. chrysorheea and 
Locusta, the, of Suetonius and Belon, 
116; L. migratoria, &c., 141, 165; 
locustid, 165. 
Loligide, 94; loligo, ib. 
Loligopsidz,. 94; loligopsis, ib. 
Loncheres, 460. 
Lonchophorus, 460. 
Loncosilla, a genus instituted by Rafi- 
nesque, 70. 
Long-shafted night jar, the, 321. 
Longicornia, 160, 161. 
Loon, the, 387. 
Lophiide, 230 ; lophius piscatorius and 
americanus, ib. 
Lophiodon, 437. 5 
Lophobranchii, 14, 202, 205, 232. 
Lophophorine, 374; ‘ophophorus Ke= 
fulgens, ib. 
Lophortyx californicus, 375. 
Lophyrus, 171. 278. 
Lories, the, 362. 
Lorine, 362; 
ib. 
Loris, 493. 
Lota, 219. 
Loxia pityopsittacus, &c., 359; loxi- 
ane, i 
Lucanidze, 156; lucanus, 149, 156. 
Lucernaria, 35. 
Lucinide, 74. 
Lucioperca americana, 221. 
Lumbricide, 98; lumbricus, 11, 98, 
Luminosity of insects, 140. 
Lump-fish, the, 229. 
Lump-sucker, the, 229. 
Lumpus, 229. 
Lupa, 118. 
Lutra vulgaris and canadensis, 486. 
Lutraria lineata and plicatella, 58. 
pagers hippothoé, 184; lycenide, 
lorius domicella, &c., 
Lycosa, 129; L. scutulata, 48. 
Lycosine, 128. 
Lygeide, 189. 
Lygosoma, 273. 
Lymexylonide, 158. 
Lynx, the, 491. 
Lytta, 159. 
Macacus 
496. 
Macaque, the maned, 496. 
Maccaws, the, 362. 
Machairodus, 488. 
Machilus, 146. 
Mackerel, the, 225. 
Mackinaw trout, the, 212. 
Macquart, classification of the diptera 
according to, 191. 
Macrauchenia, 435. 
Macrocolus, 461, 462. 
Macrodactyla, 154. 
Macrodipteryx longipennis, 321. 
Macroglossa, 183, 479. 
Macropodide, 412; macropus gigan- 
teus, 413. 
Macropteryx, 319 
Macrorhinus, 481. 
Macroscelides, 474. 
Macrospondylus, 383. 
Macrosternia, 157. 
Macrotherium, 405. 
Macrotis, 416. e 
Macrotoma, 145. 
Macrourus, 219. 
Macrura, 115. 
Mactra, 58; mactride, ib. 
Madrepora prolifera, 36 ; madreporide, 
&e., ib. 
Maggots, 133. 
Magilus, 85. 
Magnolia warbler, the, 340. 
Magots, the, 496. 
Magpies, the, 352. 
cynomolgus and _ silenus, 
| Majide, 118 
Makis, the, 493. 
Malachius, 158. 
Malacobdella, 43. 
Malacodermia, 158. 
Malacology, or the study of animals 
provided with a calcareous shell, 
49, 
Malacopteri, 203. 
Malacopterygii, 200, 201, 202, 217. 
Malacostraca, 111. 
Malacothrix, "464, 
